Graz University of Technology
Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics
(Bachelor's Programme)
Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics is a management-oriented course of study which has its roots in the classical mechanical engineering programme. It combines technical and management fields of knowledge. Technical expertise, basic economic knowledge—particularly in the field of technological economy, guidance towards independence and personal responsibility as well as awareness of the issues of technological consequences for the environment and society prepare graduates of Mechanical Engineering - Economics at Graz University of Technology for a diverse and promising field of activity. Mechanical engineers are frequently employed in the automotive and parts industry, in classical mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering and in the food-processing industry. The bachelor’s programme “Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen-Maschinenbau” enables graduates to continue engineering areas of concentration in all fields of mechanical engineering and mechanical and industrial engineering.
Course Structure
The Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics bachelor’s programme comprises six semesters and is divided into two parts. The entire bachelor’s programme comprises 180 ECTS credits. Graduates are awarded the academic degree of "Bachelor of Science" (BSc).
The first part – also called the orientation year – lasts two semesters and offers introductory courses in scientific and mathematical foundations as well as mechanics and computer science.
In the second part, composed of four semesters, an in-depth expansion of the basic knowledge is undertaken. Furthermore, students attend introductory courses in business administration, project management, bookkeeping and accounting, cost accounting and profit and loss accounting, private and company law, electrical and electronic engineering, design and machining, and basics of technical drawing and engineering.
The three-semester master's programmes in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics and Production Science and Management all build on the Mechanical Engineering und Mechanical Engineering - Economics bachelor’s programme.
